The Paisley Whale

"I love this shop. So quaint and with a wide variety of merchandise. The owner is so helpful and pleasant. I will shop here often."

"This store is alright, but the owner is pathetic. Came in and found 2 old zippo lighters i liked, each individually marked as $25. I bring them to the front, and the owner asks me how much each one costs (first sign she doesn’t know much about her own store). I tell her they’re $25 each. I pay. I leave. On the ferry ride, I just so happen to look back at a picture i took of all the lighters which i thought just looked cool. Upon a closer look, i see there was a sign saying the lighters were on sale for $10 each instead of $25 (the second sign that she doesn’t know what’s going on in her store because she charged me full price). At this point there is still no big issue, maybe she forgot or something. So i call, and this is where it just goes down hill. I explain to her my situation and she immediately tries to: 1. Absolve herself from all blame, saying it’s the vendors that set the prices and what not and not her. 2. Tries to blame me! Tells me i should’ve been looking at the sign and that i paid the “fair price” since that’s what i thought the price was(???) 3. Lies to me and says there’s no way to refund me 4. Plays the victim and says I’m verbally attacking her when i wasn’t by any means. So after 5-6 minutes of going back and forth with her about it being my fault and that there’s no way to refund me (even though i paid with a debit card on the very advanced iPad payment system) i just said I can write a review about my experience since she claims there’s nothing she can do. This is when it got interesting because suddenly she wants to “talk about it more, and see if it’s possible to refund me.” Over the next 10 minutes, she magically figured out that it is possible to refund me. While doing so she doesn’t forget to keep mentioning that it’s my fault. I never even got my refund. Long story short, the owner is just a privileged white lady who can’t seem to ever take accountability. You can tell because a month ago she was blowing leaves onto customers and blamed them for not moving (instead of her just doing it before or after busy hours). She was probably given money from her parents to start this shop, and just hires vendors to curate the items. Don’t go here. If you do, it’s on you to make sure you’re not overpaying. She doesn’t know what is going on in her store, and will just blame you and the vendors for anything that goes wrong. She will most likely reply to this review continuing to try to blame me."

"What a great shop with tons of unique and vintage gifts and from local artisans."

"Cutest vintage shop I’ve been to in a long time!"

"I love the awesome variety of things in this store! I could have done all my Christmas shopping right here - the local artists have done some amazing work, and I couldn't stop looking at all the neat Seahawks and handmade gear. The shop is set up to make it easy to look at everything, and I loved how knowledgeable the owner was - she had great stories of the people who were selling their crafts in the store. I'll definitely be back!"